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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Carrion Crow on June 27, 2009, 03:25:18 pm
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My dad just stayed in bed for too long today and he woke up feeling dizzy with double vision and when he looked in the mirror his eyes are going in random directions. He had this thing wrong with him 2 years ago where they thought it was a stroke but it was an infection of his semicircular canal in his ear (i think) that caused him to get really dizzy and throw up everywhere for days and now he has gone like this today but he isn't throwing up or anything he just feels really ill.
My mum just came up to me and asked me to google "detached retina" and I told her that he would be blind if his retina was detached but her asking me that is really kinda scary. We are waiting for a doctor to come to our house at the moment.
I have no real idea what could cause this to happen to my dad but I am really hoping it's not a stroke. He is 52 years old and his dad died quite young as well so I am just totally what the fuck right now.
Have any of you experienced something similar like this with people you know? I have no idea what is going on :(
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That's really scary. I hope he turns out okay dude.
Also do you live far away from the hospital or something?
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My mum just decided to take him to the hospital now. It's quite hard to move him about when he's dizzy cause he's a big guy and there is no real way of knowing if it was ambulance style serious so she has taken him to A&E.
He's also one of those guys who refuses to admit there is anything wrong with him too so its really hard to get info out of him when he's ill cause he's so arrrr i'll be OK *eyes go opposite directions causing my mum to go completely fucking nuts*
I feel really sorry for the guy cause he has been at work all week and now he would be having a sit down and playing RA2 or something but instead he's got these STROKE LIKE SYMPTOMS ffs.
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You wouldn't necessarily be blind from detached retina.
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My stepdad had blurred vision, dizziness, and weakness at work. They took him to the hospital, but didn't know what was wrong (after obvious testing) so they sent him home. A few days later he woke up and his left side was paralyzed, so he was readmitted and it turned out to be an ischemic stroke due to blockages in the arteries in his neck. He's doing alright now, though. I only mention this, because it sounds like a similar situation. I hope he's alright, too.
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I have no medical knowledge at all.
I hope your dad turns out okay. It sounds like one of those craaaazy things that disappear and everyone goes "huh?????" but like I said I know nothing and whoah eyes going all over the place? Must have been pretty freaky. Good luck, bud.
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This is a system for quick stroke recognition:
* F=Face--ask the person to smile. If one side of the face appears crooked or drooping this person may be having a stroke
* A=Arms--ask the person to lift both of his or her arms in the air--if he or she has difficulty with one arm this too might be a sign that this person is having a stroke
* S=Speech--ask the person to speak. If his or her words are slurred or they are unable to speak, they might be having a stroke
* T=T is for time. If any of the above symptoms are present you must call 911 immediately in order to make sure that this person reaches the hospital FAST.
Did he have any symptoms other than the random eye pointing thing?
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Aw fuck, I hope your dad's alright.
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We never asked him to smile but he was pretty weak. No one did the FAST test. We got him to walk out the house without falling over but he had to cover one eye.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Double-vision/Pages/Causes.aspx has a list of causes for "binocular vision" which I think is what describes when your eyes go independent of one another. He has had a thyroid problem in the past so I wouldn't cross that off the list. He had an MRI 2 years ago when the similar problem occurred but his eyes didn't scatter then. They didn't detect anything in his head.
I guess I gotta just wait. He'll be in the hospital for ages, I just hope he doesn't end up sitting in a waiting room and degrading or anything. My mum is with him and she is pretty assertive so hopefully he will be ok..
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this is terrible man. i hope he's okay!
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That’s terrible, I would be scared out of my mind if something like this happened to my dad.. he’s all I got. I hope your dads going to be ok and even though it may seem serious right now it might just be something small and not so bad. I think I remember hearing how being short sighted and not doing anything about it can make you dizzy and it can have all kinds of strange effects.
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I hope your dad gets better. Thyroid problems such ass, my mom has some :/
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my aunt has a thyroid problem and it's made her gain a ton of weight.
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I'm pretty sure I had a mini-stroke (forget the medical terminology for it) once. I don't feel all Flowers for Algernon about it afterward, so I guess I'm alright.
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my dad would probably end up dead unless it was something ridiculously apparent because he is really stubborn as fuck and wouldn't even tell anybody if he was hurt. Hes fell off scaffolds at work, constantly getting cut on shit, he's even got a lump on his knee from when he hit it on something its a little bigger than a silver dollar and pretty thick and all kinds of other stupid shit. The only other time I can remember him actively going to the doctor for a health problem was when an air conditioning fan almost sheared his thumb clean off and I was around eight then.
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If everyone in this country were like that, health care reform or insurance in general would be so much easier. But we've got so many pill heads, not just addicts, but people who feel the need to get a prescription for every minor ailment. Then you have the over-prescription of antibiotics, which allows for faster mutation of some diseases.
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yeah my whole family is like that. But I honestly wouldn't go either unless I was sick enough to warrant it and just suffer through it if its a minor ailment.
I go for alot of physicals but my dads getting into his fifties I think and he's really susceptible to colon cancer (both my grandma and grandpa had it) so I'm thinking if he doesn't go and get checked eventually its gonna end up hurting him.
My grandpa only got it picked up early because of the VA clinic I'm pretty sure.
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Well I've been to the hospital and he has to stay there. He's seen a doctor once all day and we got kicked out at 10.30 when they were waiting for a new doctor to say more on the situation. There was another guy on the ward who had either suffered a heart attack or some angina flare up or something who was priority 1 on the whiteboard outside and my dad was priority 2.
I am just gonna sit up and hold the fort I think.
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What you're describing almost sounds like vertigo (especially the dizziness).
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His eyes have gone completely off centre though. It's a bit more disturbing. This evening he says he's not as dizzy and he ate some sandwiches I made for him but his eyes are just not right and its totally worrying. You can't really speak to him either without feeling really sad cause you look in someones eyes when you speak to them and his are not what they were last night :(
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Are his eyes permanently fixed in an off-centre position or are they moving involuntarily? If they're still moving it, it looks like it's nystagmus, which can be caused by a variety of reasons. I'll direct you to the Wikipedia page for it, which has a good overview about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic_nystagmus
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They're fixed postion and slowly change over a course of hours but still loosely conform to the direction he would be looking if they were ok.
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I feel really sorry for the guy cause he has been at work all week and now he would be having a sit down and playing RA2 or something but instead he's got these STROKE LIKE SYMPTOMS ffs.
What! Your dad seems like a cool guy from this statement alone so I hope he's OK.
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They have done a shitload of tests and they still have NO IDEA what it is that is wrong with my dad. He has seen some pretty gruesome things in hospital. A woman on his ward died last night. He's not going to be able to drive go to work because he is still very disorientated all the time so he needs to be supervised full time. Wherever he goes someone needs to go with him to make sure he doesn't fall and hurt himself.
He's had a head scan and they didn't find anything and he is increasingly pale though we assume that's from being in a hospital bed in this heatwave we're having at the moment. We're hoping he can come home tonight as all he is doing is waiting for tests. He has to be an in-patient to get tests done faster otherwise they take weeks which is a bit worrying.
They moved him to the stroke ward last night before my mum and my sister went to visit (I was looking after guests that have come to stay and their 1 year and 3 year old children = hell) and my sister clocked on to the fact it was a stroke ward and went completely ape shit so she's really stressed now. It's a bizzare situation where we have relatives over from NZ and we have to entertain them but dad is in hospital having some kind of crisis so we are being pretty crappy hosts but there is nothing we can do about it.
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this really sucks man :(
i hope he pulls through all right
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aw man, dunno really what to say but i hope they'll figure out what's wrong and it's nothing permanent. :(
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Today I had a massive argument with my mum who came home from the hospital and started berating me and telling me to fuck off despite me doing literally everything at home and looking after these guests and their kids and I lose my temper for the first time in a very long time, broke a musical instrument in a blind rage and proceeded to cover my raging mother in beer when she started physically attacking me. Things in this house have literally descended into chaos because she's like the more depressed version of me 30 years down the line, whereas I was on the mend this past year so I have been taking it better than most but she pushed me over the edge so we had a fight.
There's such an overwhelming feeling of SHAME in my head right now for doing that. She was treating me like shit to make herself feel better, there is no questioning that but at the time I did not have any further capacity and I snapped. RIP charity shop classical acoustic. You were a beautiful friend.
My dad has had something called a lung lumber puncture operation or something like that which sounds fucking grotesque, painful and messy. I hope for his sake she has not mentioned this crap at home. I was doing so well keeping track of everything and I let her push my buttons. I am such an easy target. Felt so bad afterwards I actually cried. There's gotta be nothing more pathetic than watching a 22 year old guy walk through town in a liverpool shirt on a hot day bawling his eyes out like a baby.
I came home to clear up and continue taking care of things when I cooled off cause they need .me but you can bet a tenner that this will come up at a later date (if my dad improves) as we-hate-your-guts-and-we're-kicking-you-out ammo.
Dear god. All controlling entity. Pipcaptor Hatsuya or whoever you are. My cat. Please go easy on us for a day huh!?
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I wish your father luck.
Your mother deserved it, it's not like you proceeded to set her on fire your physically attack her back. Although theres nothing wrong with feeling bad about it but honestly at worst you humiliated her infront of guests but at the same time she did the same thing to you. Your gonna have to clear this up with some good old fashion words sooner or later.
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I know how you feel. My dad has a heart disease and were constantly worrying about him cause any moment he could just have a heart attack and well not survive it this time. Wish your dad the best and pouring beer on your mum is alright, just apologize later or something.
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I don't get why you let that shit bother you man just tell her to eat a dick and leave for a couple hours.
No violence and no stupid bullshit
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@Coxswain: Any other day I could've just ignored it and bottled it up but yesterday I lost it because there was no space left for more shit.
My dad is home now and his eyes are a lot less off centre than they were and he seems to be able to walk about slowly without falling on his backside or anything. He came up to my room last night to see if I was in the house and I was so glad it was him. Just got to put up with a few weeks of hate from the female members of the family.
They never reached diagnosis which is pretty worrying. All we know is that he slept in on a warm day and this happened. They tested him for everything.
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Yeah I am being told I have to move out now. They are pretty adamant. Not been a good week : (
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Who specifically? All of them? You need to settle this now man.
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You are kidding me. While your dad is unwell, while they don't have a god damn clue what's going on, they're telling you to move out? That's fuckin' ridiculous.
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He's home now and he's been referred to a neuro specialist so he is not really being helped by this uproar.
They have calmed down a lot and they are still fairly sure that this is what I have got to do. There is not a lot I can say to them to make them change their mind but they have always been very unforgiving people anyway. I think I have a few options open to me, I could stay with some friends or I could try and get the university to extend my contract for before September in halls. That would be preferable.
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You might end up having to cut them off then (except for your dad) if worse comes to worse. Finding a friend to stay with first then looking for a place to stay would be good though.
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In some ways I think this might be a good move because it will get you away from your oppressive mother, but at the same time god damn. Like, seriously.
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I'd be terrified if I was in your position, but you could always speak to an adviser at the job centre and get yourself set up at a hostel or something like that.
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I feel for you bro, that sucks shit that they're asking you to move out even though you were trying hard to look after the guests and whatnot. Jeez.
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Man that has got to suck. I wish you luck. And your dad of course. Hopefully your mom settles down and stops freaking the fuck out.
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I feel for you, Ed. I've been going through this same kind of bullshit on/off for about a year and a half.. and my dads not doing so well either. It's kinda sad, growing up to watch all of the people you love dying/getting sick/old etc etc
I'm still at home for now though; my parents have mostly just been disapointed in me for the last few months for dropping out of school and getting into trouble which kinda sucks.. things have cooled down though. I'm starting to learn self discipline and battling with what I strongly believe is ADHD - seriously :sweat:
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its ok brad just get some :ganja::ganja:ganja::ganja:ganja::ganja
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Well I am about to leave, gonna crash at a friend's place for a while before another friend of mine has a room for me. I am taking this laptop with me but I don't know how long it will be until I can access the internet again so this is a sorta goodbye. I am sure I will sort things out but until then - see you around my friends.
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Good luck, man. Good luck to your father as well.
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Hopefully we will see you again soon.. or at least until you mum changes her mind.
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see ya soon pal. hope everything will work out.
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As Ed walks out in to the sun set never to return. Find out next time on Ed's Mysterious Adventurers. title of the next Ch.10 So I'm a Hobo Now
Well see you letter man. Suck to be you. I hope everything comes out ok for you.
edit: can you believe I got a warn for this got to be kidding me.
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you're pretty intolerable.
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he's not wrong
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that might be but it doesn'’t mean I deserves a wronging for it. I can't help that.
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what did you even just say
also gl ed
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this is dday ia m a dumb man typing
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leave him alone.
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hi good luck but you really should not have treated your mother like that.
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ryan >: ( i already yelled at you once for being a fascist! do i need to do it again?
also ed I just read the topic and I really really hope everything works out! GOOD LUCK
I really hope its nothing serious with your dad too :\
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yeah i probably just would have given a verbal warning for comedic effect but even a minor warning isn't that big a deal if you don't get them often.
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DDAY: how do you complain about internet WARNS while our bud ed here is going through this kind of shit? take it to a PM, man. And say something fucking worthwhile. It's the internet, and we don't know each other personally, but many of us have been through similar or identical shit. I just hope that things work out for ed here because i've experienced the same thing.
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Most guys do after the age of 18+ with their mothers, I remember how it sucked living with that crazy woman.
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what the hell? if you're talking about what ed did, no they don't dude. it took his father getting really ill to trigger this and he's 22. i was under the impression most major fights with parents occured during adolescence but i guess once you're an adult you have bigger things to fight about than curfew.
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what the hell? if you're talking about what ed did, no they don't dude. it took his father getting really ill to trigger this and he's 22. i was under the impression most major fights with parents occured during adolescence but i guess once you're an adult you have bigger things to fight about than curfew.
Well what I meant was most guys fall out with their mothers if they continue to live with them past 18 or at least the guys I know including myself... obviously not everyone, some people get on with their parents allot better than others :welp:
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All in all could've been a lot worse but leaving with a big pack on my back then having a surprise dinner party was a good feeling. I am on andy's net at the moment so hello. My dad started ringing me on the phone so he obviously cares (and is now coordinated enough to find my name in the address book!). Not spoken to mum but I don't have anything to say to her really. Sounds like he is phoning me when she is outside the house or something. It's more trouble than it is worth for him to go upsetting her too.
I'll take some pics of the things I do in these kicked-out weeks. I reckon you could write a good, amusing non-fiction about what to do when kicked out by your parents. I don't think I will call it Mysterious Adventures but thank you for the suggestion.
I am pretty positive about the whole thing well... as positive as one can be. It happened once before in 2007 but I had a student house I was already paying for over summer then and I got a job designing web pages so that was ok and I made a bit of cash too. As long as I don't epicfail it will be for the greater good.
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Im glad its working out well for you ed and who knows you may just be glad it happened one day.